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Posted: **Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:11 pm**

anyone knows if it works with ubuntu 8.10 ?

i dont see it in lsusb output list:
root@bashar-laptop:/etc/apt# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 003: ID 0bdb:1900 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
root@bashar-laptop:/etc/apt#

during the configuration step at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger i get this error

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bashar@bashar-laptop:/etc/hal/fdi/policy$ sudo tf-tool --acquire

ThinkFinger 0.3 (http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/)
Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@suse.de>

Initializing...USB device not found.

seems the device is not detected at all

Posted: **Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:44 am**

Our fingerprint reader uses AuthenTec USB device. There is no driver for it yet. Please see:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrate ... int_Reader

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